WILLIAMS Charles — Operator

Cassell First UK printing and first hardback edition. Black papered boards with Crime Connoisseur thumbprint logo and text in silver to spine, very minor bumping to spine ends and corners. Front paste-down has a 3 digit ink stamp and a few areas of tape oxid residue. lacks fep, next page is a blank fly with some heavy areas of tape oxide residue. Rest of book is good excepting the odd spot and corner that has been folded. There is a blank fly at the rear showing a few strips of tape oxide, the rear fep also has some as well as the rear paste-down which has a small pen symbol. The DW is VG and has been under plastic, not price-clipped and basically 100% intact and complete, a few very small areas of minor tape residue to the reverse side only with no show through. SCARCE hardback edition. H First Edition Very Good London Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall